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US lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from users (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 96 points 2 years ago (5 children)

This was a committee vote. The bill now must advance to the floor, pass a vote there, then go through the same process in the Senate.

Many bills are passed out of committee but are never given an actual vote.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Especially in the least productive congress in US history, the odds of any actual vote are low.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    Technically, while that might have been true at the end of 2023, the US House of Representatives of the 118th congress have voted 796 times with 126 items passed, according to Govtrack.us with at least ten vetoes by the POTUS.

    So not really the worst by any measure.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    But also not functional by modern measures.

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